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2006Final results

2006 election for Minnesota Senate District 16

Minnesota State Senate · Minnesota

Betsy Wergin (R) won with 57.4% of the vote, defeating Glenn Resman (D) by 14.8 points.

Betsy WerginRepublican · winner · incumbent
57.4%20,042
Glenn ResmanDemocrat
42.6%14,869
34,911 votes

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET

The seat over time

D − R margin in this seat's races around 2006

Races before and after

EvenR+7.41996R+7.92000R+22.62002R+14.82006D+0.22008 specialR+14.92010

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET